Soft Electronics Based on Stretchable and Conductive Nanocomposites for Biomedical ApplicationsShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Advanced Healthcare Materials, ISSN 2192-2640, E-ISSN 2192-2659, Vol. 10, no 3, article id 2001397Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Research on the field of implantable electronic devices that can be directly applied in the body with various functionalities is increasingly intensifying due to its great potential for various therapeutic applications. While conventional implantable electronics generally include rigid and hard conductive materials, their surrounding biological objects are soft and dynamic. The mechanical mismatch between implanted devices and biological environments induces damages in the body especially for long-term applications. Stretchable electronics with outstanding mechanical compliance with biological objects effectively improve such limitations of existing rigid implantable electronics. In this article, the recent progress of implantable soft electronics based on various conductive nanocomposites is systematically described. In particular, representative fabrication approaches of conductive and stretchable nanocomposites for implantable soft electronics and various in vivo applications of implantable soft electronics are focused on. To conclude, challenges and perspectives of current implantable soft electronics that should be considered for further advances are discussed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2021. Vol. 10, no 3, article id 2001397
Keywords [en]
brain machine interfaces; fiber‐ based soft electronics; implantable stretchable electronics; nanocomposites; peripheral nerve and muscle interfaces
National Category
Biophysics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-171840DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001397ISI: 000589947000001PubMedID: 33205564OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-171840DiVA, id: diva2:1507967
Note
Funding Agencies|ETH ZurichETH Zurich; SENESCYT; DGIST Start-up Fund Program of the Ministry of Science and ICT [2020040012]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic ResearchSwedish Foundation for Strategic Research; Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Advanced Functional Materials at Linkoping University (Faculty Grant SFO-Mat-LiU) [2009-0097]; Human Frontiers Science Program Organization, HFSPOHuman Frontier Science Program
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